Mass Effect team working on a game set in a new fictional universe

Built from the bottom-up with 'all new gaming technology'.

The Mass Effect team, lead by Casey Hudson, is putting together their vision for "an all new game set in a fictional universe, built from the bottom-up with all new gaming technology," BioWare Edmonton and Montreal general manager Aaryn Flynn has revealed.

In a forum post to fans following news of the departure of BioWare founders Dr. Ray Muzyka and Dr. Greg Zeschuk, Flynn explained that the franchises gamers have come to love remain in safe hands.

On Mass Effect, Flynn wrote: "Executive producer Casey Hudson and his team are coming off an amazing eight-year run with the Mass Effect trilogy. But they're not done yet. We are releasing more multiplayer content and we have more single-player stories coming throughout the next six months, including Omega which is coming in the Fall.

"But the Mass Effect universe is vast, and Casey and our teams have plans for another full game. "Where to go next?" with such a project has been a question a lot of us have been asking, and we'd all love to hear your ideas."

And that's not all Hudson and his team are working on.

"Both Dragon Age and Mass Effect started as single games but grew into vast universes. But we aren't stopping there. While Casey continues to oversee the development of our new Mass Effect project, he and his leads are putting together their vision for an all new game set in a fictional universe, built from the bottom-up with all new gaming technology," revealed Flynn.

Flynn concluded: "Ray and Greg built BioWare to last. They've always known their retirement would come one day, so they developed a team of people who would ensure their standards and culture would endure. We'll humbly carry that torch and continue learning in the process."